AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Xeon E5-2470

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Intel Xeon E5-2470 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Intel Xeon E5-2470

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 5500

CPU is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 35% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Around 15% higher maximum core temperature: 90 °C vs 78 °C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 32 nm
Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3058 vs 1410
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 19346 vs 14464

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Apr 2022 vs May 2012
Maximum frequency	4.2 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Maximum core temperature	90 °C vs 78 °C
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 32 nm
L2 cache	3 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3058 vs 1410
PassMark - CPU mark	19346 vs 14464

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2470

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
4 more threads: 16 vs 12
Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2.5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	8 vs 6
Number of threads	16 vs 12
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 5500
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2470

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3058

1410

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

19346

14464

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 5500	Intel Xeon E5-2470
PassMark - Single thread mark	3058	1410
PassMark - CPU mark	19346	14464
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	5422

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 5500	Intel Xeon E5-2470
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3	Sandy Bridge EN
Launch date	4 Apr 2022	May 2012
OPN Tray	100-000000457
Place in performance rating	777	1518
Vertical segment	Desktop	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,480
Price now		$316.72
Processor Number		E5-2470
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		9.36
Performance
Base frequency	3.6 GHz	2.30 GHz
Die size	180 mm²	294 mm
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	78 °C
Maximum frequency	4.2 GHz	3.10 GHz
Number of cores	6	8
Number of threads	12	16
Transistor count	10700 million	1270 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		1
VID voltage range		0.60V-1.35V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	3
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		45mm x 42.5 mm
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		24
Scalability		2S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)